Explanation
BACKGROUND: Columbus Public Health operates the Ben Franklin Tuberculosis Clinic under a grant awarded from the Franklin County Board of Commissioners. In order to effectively manage patients with latent and active Tuberculosis, it is necessary to provide specialized physician services. Columbus Public Health has a fulltime physician on staff, and also contracts with The Ohio State University, OSU Internal Medicine, LLC, to provide these services for TB patients. The physician on staff at Columbus Public Health is retiring in August, 2014. OSU Internal Medicine, LLC has agreed to provide additional coverage until a new Clinical Provider is hired. Therefore, this ordinance is necessary to authorize the Board of Health to modify the existing contract with The Ohio State University - Division of Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine, OSU Internal Medicine, LLC, for additional physician services. This modification for an amount not to exceed $17,500.00, for a total contract amount of $37,500.00, and is for the grant period through December 31, 2014. The contractor's contract compliance number is 311369596, however, this contractor is a nonprofit organization and is exempt from certification.
Emergency action is requested in order to provide continued specialized physician services for patients of the Tuberculosis Clinic.
FISCAL IMPACT: Funds are budgeted in the Health Department Grants Fund for physician services for the T.B. Clinic. Franklin County will reimburse all expenses under this contract modification.
Title
To authorize the Board of Health to modify a contract with The Ohio State University - Division of Infectious Disease and Internal Medicine, acting through its practice plan, OSU Internal Medicine, LLC, for additional physician services for the Ben Franklin Tuberculosis Clinic in an amount not to exceed $17,500.00; to authorize the expenditure of $17,500.00 from the Health Department Grants Fund for this contract modificat...
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